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Woods falters to 80 at Chambers Bay

Tiger Woods runs up a hill to watch his tee shot on the sixth hole of round one of the 115th U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay on June 18, 2015 in University Place, Washington. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI
1 of 4 | Tiger Woods runs up a hill to watch his tee shot on the sixth hole of round one of the 115th U.S. Open Championship at Chambers Bay on June 18, 2015 in University Place, Washington. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo

Tiger Woods' bad season took another hit on Thursday at the U.S. Open Championship.

Woods had just one birdie in a round of 10-over 80, his second worst round ever in a major. His only worse score was a third-round 81 at the 2002 Open Championship at Muirfield.

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"Not very happy, that's for sure. It was a tough day. Got off to a bad start. I stuck that 6-iron into the ground on the first hole and couldn't quite get it turned around today," Woods said. "For some reason, I just can't get the consistency that I would like to have out there."

The three-time U.S. Open champion struggled from the start. Woods bogeyed three of the first four holes. Another dropped shot at six left Woods at plus-4 at Chambers Bay.

Woods parred four in a row from the seventh before hitting another rough stretch. He stumbled to three straight bogeys from the 11th.

The former world No. 1 made a mess at 14 and walked off with a triple-bogey that dropped him to 10-over par.

Woods finally carded his first birdie at the 16th, where he converted a 4-foot putt. Woods found the fairway off the 18th tee, but topped his second into a deep fairway bunker and had to blast out from there.

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He knocked his fourth to about 30 feet and 2-putted for a closing bogey. Woods' worst previous round in the U.S. Open was a 77 in 1996 at Oakland Hills. Woods was still an amateur at that championship.

For the day, Woods hit 6-of-14 fairways and 9-of-18 greens in regulation.

Woods wasn't the only one in his group that struggled in the opening round. Louis Oosthuizen, the 2010 Open Championship winner, posted a 7-over 77 and Rickie Fowler, who finished inside the top-5 at all four majors in 2014, struggled to an 11-over 81.

[SportsNetwork.com]

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